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    29 1 TODAY Friday March 5, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PublICAtIon of nEWS HotlInE 6822 2268 friday March 5, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Setting course for the right balance
    787 2  -  tHE PoPulAtIon CHAllEngE DERRICK A PAULO derrick@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The net will continue to be cast far and wide a must if Singapore is to meet its population challenge but the catch will be smaller. And with that, the quality of an important segment of
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    Substantial help for low-income, over a lifetime
    641 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp. com.sg SINGAPORE Already the beneficiaries of higher payouts announced in this year’s Budget, more low-income Singaporeans could see help ahead for their immediate needs. The Public Assistance scheme will be refined, revealed Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday, with the
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  • NEWS
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      FROM BEING STRANGERS, THEY ARE NOW JUST LIKE FAMILY
      308 7  -  NG JING YNG China-born DrXue Bo was initially too shy to accept a dinner invitation from his Singaporean neighbours. But he soon warmed to the elderly couple when they started to present him with home-cooked food. DrXue, an A*Starsenior research fellow,
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      Lock icon S’pore, neighbours on terror alert
      332 9 SINGAPORE The Singapore Navy has “received indication” that a terrorist group is planning attacks on oil tankers in the Malacca Strait, the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) said in an advisory yesterday. Malaysia and Indonesia are also reported to have beefed up security in the area.
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      Lock icon Boost of 7.5% is smallest in 2 decades
      368 10 chiNa’S Military budGEt AGENCIES BEIJING China announced its smallest increase in defence spending in more than two decades yesterday, a likely result of both financial constraints and growing concern over perceptions of Beijing as a regional military threat. The planned 7.5 per
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      Lock icon Yudhoyono defends Boediono, Sri Mulyani
      435 10 AGENCIES JAKARTA Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has insisted that the decision to rescue Bank Century was the right choice, a day after lawmakers voted for a probe of Vice-president Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati for authorising the bailout in 2008. In a
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      Lock icon Chilling scenes on CCTV
      531 12  -  coroner’s inquiry TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com. sg IN LESS than one minute, he ran two red lights. And at both junctions, the driver of the black car an Audi A6 belonging to the Romanian Embassy here sped off immediately after hitting three victims in the accidents which
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      Lock icon FRIEND OF DECEASED STILL IN SHOCK
      200 12 TEO XUANWEI He had completed his training and was on his way to becoming a croupier at Resorts World Sentosa’s casino. But that won’t happen now for Mr Bong Hwee Haw (picture) after he sustained severe head injuries when he was hit by a
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      ‘I only agreed to be AG for two years’
      358 14  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A day after news broke that he was leaving office after completing a single term as Attorney-General (AG), Professor Walter Woon said he had always known that he would return to teaching. In a press statement
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      Lock icon Toxic toy the cause?
      308 14 Mass vOMiting at schOOL MUSTAFA SHAFAWI AND NG JING YNG SINGAPORE The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) have issued an alert on the presence of a toxic chemical found in a broad-bean squeeze toy. The toy may be the cause
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      Assault: MFA in touch with Saudi official
      207 14 SINGAPORE The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has been in touch with the Saudi Ambassador here over the case of an alleged assault by a Saudi Arabian Embassy official on a condominium resident. “We have emphasised the importance of observing the due process
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      Lawmakers concerned IRs will boost crime
      347 16  -  iN parLiaMeNt ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE While the integrated resorts (IRs) are set to boost tourism, Members of Parliament yesterday raised concerns that they would also boost crime~ Is the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) prepared to handle an increase in loansharking, terrorist
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      Axing levy will hurt objective: Gan
      249 16 SINGAPORE If Hougang MP Low Thia Khiang’s suggestion to remove the foreign worker levy and rely only on the dependency ratios were to be implemented, most companies may hire as many foreign workers as they can, up to the limit allowed, said Manpower Minister
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      Lock icon ELECTORAL SYSTEM: CONSTITUTIONAL TWEAKS TABLED SOON
      204 16 ESTHER NG Amendments to the Constitution that would allow for a greater number of Non-Constituency MPs (NCMP) will be tabled “at the end of this Budget debate”, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng revealed. The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee will be convened after the
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      Lock icon $100m over 5 years to support active ageing
      351 18  -  iN parLiaMENT ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp. com.sg SINGAPORE Lifelong learning to enhance the employability of the elderly; funding support like an Active Ageing Endowment Fund to promote active ageing activities like qiqong and brisk walking. If there were no shortage of suggestions from
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      Tackling social isolation
      253 18  -  ESTHER NG SINGAPORE Singaporeans may be living longer, but more are living on their own. And their numbers are set to grow. Some 35,000 Singaporeans aged 60 and above lived alone last year and this is expected to go up to 61,000 in 2020 and 83,000 in
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      GiviNG SENiorS MorE houSiNG opTioNS ...
      78 18  - GiviNG SENiorS MorE houSiNG opTioNS oNG dai LiN To provide more residential options for the elderly, the Government will consider extending land leases to 60-year or 30-plus-30-year tenures for the building of retirement homes or villages. Senior Minister of State (National Development) Grace Fu said developers are allowed to build
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      New mix of Channel U prime-time programmes
      174 20 SINGAPORE MediaCorp’s Channel U will offer a new mix of programmes during prime time to reinforce its position as the entertainment channel for the new generation and young working adults. From March 29, viewers can enjoy non-stop entertainment on weekdays between 8pm and
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      Cyber-wellness begins in school
      300 20  -  icT MasTerplan JEREMY KOH jeremykoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Over the next five years, schools will progressively devote at least 20 per cent of their curriculum to using information and communication technologies (ICT) to support learning. They will also train student ambassadors to teach their schoolmates how to use
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    • PARLIAMENT ROUNDUP
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        HDB LOOKING INTO PARKING LOT CRUNCH
        137 20 The Housing and Development Board (HDB) is working to ease the shortage of parking lots in some estates. About 10 per cent of HDB car parks do not meet local parking demand, due to changes in the demographic profiles and car ownership patterns, Parliamentary
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        Lock icon WHY CHEWING GUM BAN STAYS
        130 20 ONG DAI LIN Littering is still prevalent here despite increased education and enforcement and hence the ban on the sale of chewing gum cannot be lifted, Parliamentary Secretary (National Development) Mohamed Maliki Osman told the House. Chewing gum was banned in 1992 due to problems
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      220 18 peranakan MUSEUM /RA AYANA 'REVISITED A TALE OF LOVE ADVENTURE Ramayana Revisited, Open House 6 7 March 2010,12 5pm J St:.' fSs K "'J®* -rr vI BMBLAV HkIIm b n'iH Hit BEfcr s 9^ e 5& Spend an epic weekend with your family at the Peranakan Museum! 1$ Come face-to-face
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Church calls for apology from reporters
      233 22 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR The Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur said the Catholic Church would not pursue legal action against a magazine and its Muslim reporters who desecrated a Catholic ritual, if it was offered a public apology. The two reporters had published an article in
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      Lock icon Marina slams Star for spiking article
      111 22 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s largest English-language newspaper, The Star, has spiked Ms Marina Mahathir’s column on the caning of three Muslim women, weeks after it got into trouble with the government over a similar article. The social activist and daughter of former Prime Minister
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      Lock icon MCA deputy quits, fresh polls imminent
      325 22 MalaySiaN politicS AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR The deputy president of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), Mr Chua Soi Lek, resigned yesterday along with seven central committee members, paving the way for fresh party polls after months of infighting. The move brings to 21 the number
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      Lock icon Powerful quake strikes Taiwan
      348 23 Morning shake-up AFP TAIPEI A powerful quake jolted southern Taiwan yesterday, sending panicked residents fleeing from shaking buildings, toppling farm houses and derailing a carriage on a high-speed train. Reports said at least 12 people had been injured in the 6.4-magnitude quake which the US Geological
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      Lock icon Cambodia flexes muscles with rocket test
      173 23 AGENCIES PONGROR Cambodia successfully tested a multiple rocket launcher yesterday in a show of force that comes amid simmering tensions with its neighbour Thailand. Some 200 rounds from the Sovietmade, BM-21 rocket launcher were fired in the mountains of remote Kampong Chhnang province, some
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      Lock icon Free insurance for tourists extended
      146 23 AP BANGKOK Thailand will extend its offer of free insurance coverage to tourists who suffer any loss or damage from riots and demonstrations, as part of measures to attract visitors scared off by political turmoil. The insurance coverage worth US$10,000 ($13,980) will be free until
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon FACEBOOK SHARE TIPSTER ARRESTED
        81 24 Bangladesh AFP A Facebook stocks tipster with more than 10,000 followers has been arrested on charges of illegally manipulating Bangladesh’s overheated stock exchange. Mahbub Sarwar, 26, a prolific Dhaka-based blogger who provided stock tips through his Facebook group of which membership costs up to US$70 ($98)
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        Lock icon TEMPLE STAMPEDE KILLS 63
        79 24 India AFP Sixty-three women and children were crushed to death in a stampede yesterday at a temple in northern India where a crowd had gathered for a religious festival. The stampede occurred at the Hindu Ram Janki temple in Pratapgarh, 650km south-east of New Delhi. It
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      Lock icon INDIA, PAKISTAN'S 'PROXY WAR'
      502 24  -  aNalysis ELIZABETH ROCHE AFP INDIA and Pakistan, implacable South Asian rivals, are locked in a new struggle for influence in Afghanistan, which analysts say is fuelling attacks on Indian interests there. A suicide bomb assault in Kabul last week killed seven Indians, including government employees, which
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      Lock icon ‘Extinct’ Aussie frog didn’t croak after all
      184 25 AFP SYDNEY An Australian frog which disappeared nearly 40 years ago and was feared extinct has been rediscovered in a remote creek, astounding experts. A state government scientist spotted an unusual species during a trip to New South Wales’ Southern Tablelands, and later
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      Lock icon Quake-hit Chileans rattled
      265 25 TsunaMi alerT AFP CONSTITUCION Powerful aftershocks sent terrified people scrambling for the hills in tsunami-prone coastal areas in Chile on Wednesday as aid began to pour into towns. Four days after giant waves swept hundreds to their death, two powerful aftershocks, with magnitudes of 5.9 and 6.0,
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      Lock icon Condoms for 12-year-olds
      174 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH GENEVA Extra small condoms for boys as young as 12 are going on sale in Switzerland. Called the Hotshot, the condom has been produced after government research showed 12 to 14-year-olds did not use sufficient protection when having sex. The study, conducted on behalf
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      Lock icon Former British party leader Foot dies aged 96
      215 26 AFP LONDON Mr Michael Foot (picture), whose left-wing leadership of Britain’s Labour party in the early ’80s prompted a split which paved the way for the modernising Mr Tony Blair, died on Wednesday aged 96, the party said. Prime Minister Gordon Brown
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      Lock icon Democrats set to go it alone: Obama
      302 26 hEaLTh carE rEForM biLL THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that the year-long battle to introduce health care reform had entered its final phase, making it clear that Democrats were prepared to go it alone to pass
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      Lock icon No body scan, no flight
      123 26 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Two women, one a Muslim, have become the first people to be barred from boarding a flight because they refused to go through a fullbody airport scanner. Manchester airport confirmed on Wednesday that the women, who were booked to fly to Islamabad
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      Lock icon Israeli raid called off after Facebook slip
      175 28 AP JERUSALEM Israel’s military has disciplined one of its soldiers who updated Israel’s enemies on Facebook. The military said on Wednesday that a planned raid on a West Bank village was called off after the soldier posted the time and location of the
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      Lock icon Kid ‘cleared’ pilots' takeoff
      317 28 JFK incident controller lets son read instructions through radio calls AP NEW YORK As planes waited to take off from John F Kennedy International Airport, the jargon-packed radio chatter between controllers and pilots was interrupted by a young boy’s voice: “JetBlue 171, cleared for takeoff.” An
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      BILLIONAIRE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
      735 30  -  POiNT OF ViEW PAUL GILFEATHER principal correspondent THERE is nothing the British public hate more than political sleaze. The Tories were dumped out of power because of it in 1997 and the recent row over MPs’ expenses has proved one of the most damaging episodes in
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      176 43 It pays off in the long run. Baby teeth help your child chew, speak properly and retain the space for permanent teeth to grow into. They are also important building blocks for healthy and beautiful pearly whites during their teenage and adult years. Here are a few good habits you
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      365 61 IAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE After months of tough verbal exchanges, there are signs that the sports authorities and the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) are a step closer to resolving outstanding issues plaguing the national sports body. Speaking to the media yesterday, Teo Ser
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      101 71 What should you look for when you hire? Hire on Merit. Be a Fair Employer. Skill and ability are basic qualities that make a good employee. Hiring on merit means looking at whether a person can do the job well. It is not about the wrinkles on the face or
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        OCEANUS
        60 66 34 cents underperform Daiwa downgrades from “Outperform” and cuts the price target to 31.5 cents from 37.5 cents, as it lowers FY10-12 earnings estimates by 31.7, 17.9 and 9.6 per cent respectively. It says investors have yet to fully appreciate the extent of the company’s problems, including high abalone
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        TIGER AIRWAYS
        59 66 $1.47 Buy Citi initiates coverage with a $2.00 price target, saying the airline offers investors pureplay exposure to the structurally positive ~sian low-cost carrier (LCC) growth story. “With one of the leanest cost bases globally, a sound expansion strategy and strong shareholder pedigree, Tiger is well poised to
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        56 66 FRASER NEAVE $4.35 Buy Nomura upgrades from “Reduce” and ups the price target to $5.35 from $2.67. It raises the FY10 and FY11 earnings forecast by 29 and 47 per cent, respectively, saying “we see earnings rebounding by 34 per cent this year on non-recurrence of writedowns, steady property profits
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        MARKET INFO
        68 66 5-DAY ST! CLOSING THURS 2,768.70 T 0.51% Wednesday 2,782.79 0.38% Tuesday 2,772.20 0.07% Monday 2,774.06 A 0.84% Friday 2,750.86 A 0.06% MARKETS CLOSE 1 Hang Seng 20,575.78 1.44% Nikkei 10,145.72 1.05% Shanghai 3,023.37 2.38% Seoul 1,618.20 0.26% Mumbai 16,971.70 0.17% Malaysia 1,284.09 0.16% FOREIGN EXCHANGE USu *1.398 ¥100
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      87 66 Pupils at White sands Primary school were the first in singapore to experience making deposits into their PosB accounts via a PosB coin deposit Machine installed in their school. the bank launched its ‘recycling Makes cents’ campaign yesterday with the aim of encouraging the young
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      More time for SMEs to plan and qualify
      312 66  -  Producti~ity and inno~ation credit LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) keen to implement productivity and innovation investments do not have to rush to introduce them just yet in order to qualify for tax credit. They will be given
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      312 66  -  JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE The tender for the Compassvale Bow land parcel in Sengkang has attracted a record high per square foot per plot ratio bid for an executive condominium (EC) site, reflecting the underlying strength of the suburban private residential market. Launched on
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      Lock icon Computer sales to grow, led by ‘most admired’ marque Apple
      284 69 AFP WASHINGTON Worldwide sales of personal computers are expected to grow nearly 20 per cent this year over 2009, with laptops driving new sales, research group Gartner said yesterday. Gartner said it expected total PC sales of 366.1 million units
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      Upward trend
      318 69  -  STaNdaRd chaRTEREd JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Standard Chartered will continue to invest strongly in its Singapore business over the long-term as the region recovers from the financial crisis. The bank is actively growing its newly-acquired securities business in Singapore, including the brokerage firm Cazenove from JP Morgan in
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      137 69 BLOOMBERG BEIJING Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will unveil a plan at today’s annual meeting of the National People’s Congress to sell 200 billion yuan ($41 billion) of bonds for a second year to help local governments fund infrastructure projects, a person familiar with the proposal
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      Six out of 10 investors to be compensated
      283 70 SINGAPORE About six out of 10 investors who complained they were mis-sold structured financial products are set to be compensated, Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang said as he gave an update in Parliament yesterday. Out of 7,257 complaints received as
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      Back-room job losses mainly
      310 70  -  prudEnTial TakEOvEr OF aia EPHRAIM SEOW ephraimseow@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Job losses, if any, from UK insurance giant Prudential’s takeover of American International Assurance (AIA) are expected to be restricted mainly to back-room operations, staff of the two companies in Asia were told yesterday, according to a Reuters
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      S’pore No 7 in global index
      257 70 SINGAPORE Singapore ranks 7th out of 132 countries in the latest Global Innovation Index. Insead and the Confederation of Indian Industry yesterday released their updated 2009/2010 index, which was cited by Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam in Parliament. Though Singapore slipped from its previous 5th
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      273 71 sOVereiGn deBT Greece debt problems to have little impact on the region: iMF DOW JONES SYDNEY The sovereign debt crisis in Southern Europe poses little risk to Asia, and the growth outlook for the region will likely be upgraded in April, a senior International Monetary Fund
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        GREECE BEGINS BOND SALE AMID GERMAN SNUB
        132 71 Greece began selling 10-year bonds yesterday a day after Prime Minister George Papandreou pledged to reduce Europe’s largest budget deficit by cutting wages and spending. The €5 billion ($9.5 billion) worth of debt on sale would yield 300 basis points over the benchmark
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        69 71 AGENCIES Malaysia’s central bank yesterday raised its key lending rate, warning that record low borrowing costs could create financial imbalances that undermine economic recovery. Bank Negara raised the overnight policy rate by a quarter percentage point to 2.25 per cent. It was the first central bank
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      Lock icon European Central Bank holds lending rate at 1%
      203 71 AGENCIES FRANKFURT The European Central Bank (ECB) yesterday held its key interest rate steady at 1 per cent, with the benchmark lending rate tipped to remain unchanged at a record low level possibly into 2011, owing to a wobbly economic recovery and
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      214 72 AGENCIES SHANGHAI Caution ahead of a key parliamentary session in China combined with profit-taking yesterday sparked the largest fall in Chinese shares in five weeks. The National People’s Congress (NPC) starts today with the economy at the top of the agenda as leaders
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      Lock icon Capex still weak
      259 72 JaPan EcOnOMy Eleventh straight quarterly fall may dent GdP AGENCIES TOKYO Business investment in Japan fell at a more modest pace in the final three months of last year than in previous quarters, as some companies put cash into factories to meet surging Asian orders. But the
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      Lock icon ‘Twiggy’ is richest Down Under
      110 72 AGENCIES SYDNEY Mining magnate Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest has ridden a wave of iron ore exports to China to become Australia’s richest man, replacing casino tycoon James Packer, Forbes magazine said yesterday. The 48-year-old Fortescue Metals chief is valued at US$4.1 billion ($5.7 billion) after his
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